#446. Visibility.
— N. visibility, perceptibility; conspicuousness,
distinctness &c. adj.; conspicuity[obs3], conspicuousness;
appearance &c. 448; bassetting[obs3]; exposure; manifestation
&c. 525; ocular proof, ocular evidence, ocular demonstration;
field of view &c. (vision) 441; periscopism[obs3].
V. be become visible
&c. adj.; appear, open to the view; meet the eye,
catch the eye; basset; present itself, show manifest
itself, produce itself, discover itself, reveal itself,
expose itself, betray itself; stand forth, stand
out; materialize; show; arise; peep out, peer out,
crop out; start up, spring up, show up, turn up, crop
up; glimmer, loom; glare; burst forth; burst upon
the view, burst upon the sight; heave in sight; come
in sight, come into view, come out, come forth, come
forward; see the light of day; break through the clouds;
make its appearance, show its face, appear to one’s
eyes, come upon the stage, float before the eyes, speak
for itself &c. (manifest) 525; attract the attention
&c. 457; reappear; live in a glass house.
expose to view &c. 525.
Adj. visible, perceptible,
perceivable, discernible, apparent; in
view, in full view, in sight; exposed to view, en
evidence; unclouded, unobscured[obs3], in the foreground.
obvious &c. (manifest)
525; plain, clear, distinct, definite; well
defined, well marked; in focus; recognizable, palpable,
autoptical[obs3]; glaring, staring, conspicuous; stereoscopic;
in bold, in strong relief.
periscopic[obs3], panoramic.
before one’s eyes,
under one’s eyes; before one, vue d’oeil[Fr],
in
one’s eye, oculis subjecta fidelibus[Lat].
Adv. visibly &c. adj.;
in sight of; before one’s eyes &c. adj.; veluti
in speculum[Lat].
#447. Invisibility.
— N. invisibility, invisibleness, nonappearance,
imperceptibility; indistinctness &c. adj.; mystery,
delitescence[obs3].
concealment &c. 528;
latency &c. 526.
V. be invisible &c.
adj.; be hidden &c. (hide) 528; lurk &c. (lie
hidden) 526; escape notice.
render invisible &c.
adj.; conceal &c. 528; put out of sight.
not see &c. (be blind)
442; lose sight of.
Adj. invisible, imperceptible;
undiscernible[obs3], indiscernible;
unapparent, non-apparent; out of sight, not in sight;
a perte de vue[French]; behind the scenes, behind
the curtain; viewless, sightless; inconspicuous, unconspicuous[obs3];
unseen &c. (see see &c. 441); covert &c. (latent)
526; eclipsed, under an eclipse.
dim &c. (faint) 422;
mysterious, dark, obscure, confused; indistinct,
indistinguishable; shadowy, indefinite, undefined;
ill-defined, ill-marked; blurred, fuzzy, out of focus;
misty &c. (opaque) 426; delitescent[obs3].
hidden, obscured, covered,
veiled (concealed) 528.
Phr. “full many
a flower is born to blush unseen” [Gray].
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